PyMAPDL does not generate the solve.out file

[pmaroneh]

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🔍 Description of the bug

In SMP, I get no solve.out file.
In DMP, I get only a file1.out but not the solve.out file.
Using output = mapdl.solve() and printing ouput is not an acceptable workaround as it does not print the entire solve.out we would get in an MAPDL run.

🕵️ Steps To Reproduce

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💻 Which Operating System are you using?

Windows

🐍 Which Python version are you using?

3.10

💾 Which MAPDL version are you using?

261

📝 PyMAPDL Report

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# PASTE HERE THE OUTPUT OF `python -c "from ansys.mapdl import core as pymapdl; print(pymapdl.Report())"` here

📝 Installed packages

irrelevant

📝 Logger output file

[mikerife]

@pmaroneh I don't think this is a bug. The file may be .tmp.out which could be hidden from view.

[germa89]

@mikerife that is a valid point.

@pmaroneh there is also the extensive use the gRPC server does of the /OUT command which diverts the output from the main fail. This might explain why the out files are not complete.

[pmaroneh]

If this is not a bug, please consider it as an enhancement request. Users would expect to get the same experience with PyMAPDL as with MAPDL, and being able to get the entire solve.out is extremelly useful to follow what is happenning.

[mikerife]

Hi @pmaroneh @germa89
The statement "Users would expect to get the same experience with PyMAPDL as with MAPDL, ..." is odd since the instance of MAPDL that PyMAPDL is communicating with is MAPDL. This is like saying we want batch MAPDL to work exactly the same as interactive MAPDL, which it cannot.

[germa89]

Additionally because of limitations on the MAPDL gRPC implementation, it is currently impossible to get the exact same behaviour with PyMAPDL and MAPDL (/OUT issue)